2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic on 3 May 2015.[1]

2015 Nagorno-Karabakh parliamentary election

3 May 2015
All 33 seats to the National Assembly 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan 47.35% 15 +1 Democratic Party Ashot Ghulian 19.10% 6 0 ARF Artur Aghabekyan 18.81% 7 +1 Movement 88 Vitaly Balasanyan 6.93% 2 New National Revival Hayk Khanumyan 5.38% 1 New Independent – – 2 -5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Elected Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan Free Motherland Arayik Harutyunyan Free Motherland

Background

Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan in 1991. The First Nagorno-Karabakh War took place between 1988 and 1994 which resulted in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Armenian support, becoming de facto independent from Azerbaijan. However it has not been internationally recognised and Azerbaijan still claims the area as part of its state.[2]

Conduct

More than 100 representatives from 30 countries observed the elections.[3]

Results

Party	Proportional			Constituency			Total seats	+/–
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Free Motherland	32,632	47.35	11			4	15	+1
Democratic Party of Artsakh	13,105	19.10	4			2	6	0
Armenian Revolutionary Federation	12,965	18.81	4			3	7	+1
Movement 88	4,778	6.93	2			0	2	New
National Revival	3,709	5.38	1			0	1	New
Communist Party of Artsakh	1,136	1.65	0			0	0	0
Peace and Development	591	0.86	0			0	0	0
Independents	–	–	–			2	2	–5
Invalid/blank votes	3,380	–	–	4,232	–	–	–	–
Total	72,296	100	22	69,831	100	11	33
Registered voters/turnout	102,042	70.88	–	98,920	70.59	–	–	–
Source: CEC, CEC, Caucasian Knot

Reactions

Azerbaijan, the European Union, the United States and Turkey all said that they did not recognise the elections.[4][1][5]

References

1. West and Azerbaijan denounce Nagorno-Karabakh ‘elections’ EurActive, 4 May 2015
2. "Karabakh holds disputed elections". BBC Online. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
3. "Election season for the civil society in the unrecognised republics of Caucasus". fpc.org.uk. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry: so-called elections in Nagorno-Karabakh can’t have any legal status AzerTag, 5 May 2015
5. Turkey says May 3 elections in Nagorno-Karabakh violate int’l law Archived 3 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Today's Zaman, 1 May 2015